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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 30:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 30:8 |
Strong Concordance |
For it shall come to pass in that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that I will break [07665] his yoke [05923] from off thy neck [06677], and will burst [05423] thy bonds [04147], and strangers [02114] shall no more serve [05647] themselves of him: |
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King James |
For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| his yoke . . . thy neck--his, that is, Jacob's (Jer 30:7), the yoke imposed on him. The transition to the second person is frequent, God speaking of Jacob or Israel, at the same time addressing him directly. So "him" rightly follows; "foreigners shall no more make him their servant" (Jer 25:14). After the deliverance by Cyrus, Persia, Alexander, Antiochus, and Rome made Judah their servant. The full of deliverance meant must, therefore, be still future. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Bonds - See Jer 27:2 note.
Shall no more serve themselves - i. e., shall no more exact forced labor of him Jer 22:13. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In that day - In the day when God should deliver the seed of Jacob out of trouble. His yoke - The yoke of the king of Babylon, that power of his, which for seventy years he exercised over the Jews. Of him - Of the Jews. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I will break his yoke - That is, the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar.
Of him - Of Jacob, (Jer 30:7), viz., the then captive Jews. |
14 For many [07227] nations [01471] and great [01419] kings [04428] shall serve [05647] themselves of them also: and I will recompense [07999] them according to their deeds [06467], and according to the works [04639] of their own hands [03027].
7 Alas [01945]! for that day [03117] is great [01419], so that [0369] none is like it: it is even the time [06256] of Jacob's [03290] trouble [06869]; but he shall be saved [03467] out of it.
13 Woe [01945] unto him that buildeth [01129] his house [01004] by [03808] unrighteousness [06664], and his chambers [05944] by wrong [04941]; that useth his neighbour's [07453] service [05647] without wages [02600], and giveth [05414] him not for his work [06467];
2 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] to me; Make [06213] thee bonds [04147] and yokes [04133], and put [05414] them upon thy neck [06677],
7 Alas [01945]! for that day [03117] is great [01419], so that [0369] none is like it: it is even the time [06256] of Jacob's [03290] trouble [06869]; but he shall be saved [03467] out of it.